Leysmill Quarry
Location type
MineName and dates
Leysmill QuarryServed by the Arbroath and Forfar Railway.
Description
This quarry, which predated the railway, was served by a short line which ran west from Leysmill station. The station's goods yard acted as a headshunt for the branch. The line also served a small brick works, the Leysmill Brick and Tile Works.
The branch closed before the main railway. Little remains today.
In the 1830s the Stone Planer was invented James Hunter, manager of the quarry. Stone planers were built by Nicol Esplin, which was a small short lived company which also built stone sawing machines and aerial ropeways for quarries.
Tags
Quarry| Nearby stations Leysmill Friockheim Colliston Glasterlaw Guthrie Letham Grange Carmyllie Cauldcots Denhead Cuthlie Inverkeilor Arbirlot Auldbar Road Arbroath Arbroath (Catherine Street) | Border Quarry Legaston Quarry Friockheim Junction Friockheim Viaduct Glasterlaw Junction Guthrie Junction Waukmills Bleachfield Waukmill Level Crossing Box Letham Quarry Letham Quarry Signal Box Tourist/other Border Signal Box Colliston Castle Letham Grange Hotel Waulkmill Signal Box Guthrie Castle |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Books
 The Arbroath and Forfar Railway: The Dundee Direct Line and the Kirriemuir Branch (Oakwood Library of Railway History) |
